Official Cup

Fauna Utd Arena
Spectators: 191 (Terracing: 144, Seating: 44, VIP seats: 3) Chatziantoniou Xanthos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Unai Sócrates in the 6thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Soulis Vamvakousis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 8 minutes into the match, Fauna Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Fragou came free, but Radamel Hendrickx reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 11th minute of the match meteora 1929 got a corner. Fauna Utd's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nasos Venetidis ran over to the corner to take the kick. If Unai Sócrates had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fauna Utd's Radamel Hendrickx played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 14th minute of play. If Unai Sócrates had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Radamel Hendrickx showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 19th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, meteora 1929's goal looked a bit too open when Unai Sócrates came free, but Soulis Vamvakousis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Radamel Hendrickx took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chatziantoniou Xanthos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in meteora 1929's zone, Pieterjan Anteunis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Soulis Vamvakousis came out of the goal and Pieterjan Anteunis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Unai Sócrates's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Soulis Vamvakousis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. Unai Sócrates might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Soulis Vamvakousis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Unai Sócrates ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Unai Sócrates in the 39th minute of play forced meteora 1929's goalkeeper Soulis Vamvakousis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Radamel Hendrickx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Xanthos, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Unai Sócrates's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Soulis Vamvakousis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. In the 45th minute of the game Dean Bittner made a throw-in which Prodromos Kabourakis played forward. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Unai Sócrates was the one to do the kick off. Soulis Vamvakousis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Unai Sócrates in the 55th minute of the match. If Unai Sócrates had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Soulis Vamvakousis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Unai Sócrates, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. After some careless play in the meteora 1929 defense, Unai Sócrates kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Soulis Vamvakousis. The meteora 1929 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Soulis Vamvakousis should have stopped the shot. Radamel Hendrickx made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nikos Sarkanis in the 62nd minute. 63 minutes into the match, meteora 1929's goal looked a bit too open when Unai Sócrates came free, but Soulis Vamvakousis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Unai Sócrates might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Soulis Vamvakousis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Unai Sócrates ran back to his position shaking his head. Soulis Vamvakousis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Unai Sócrates in the 65th minute of play. Unai Sócrates's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Soulis Vamvakousis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 72nd minute, Pieterjan Anteunis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fauna Utd's supporters rose to their feet, but Pieterjan Anteunis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Soulis Vamvakousis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 75 minutes into the match, meteora 1929's goal looked a bit too open when Unai Sócrates came free, but Soulis Vamvakousis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Sarkanis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Radamel Hendrickx made a huge save. Dean Bittner got a throw-in 81 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Prodromos Kabourakis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Sarkanis in the 83rd minute of play forced Fauna Utd's goalkeeper Radamel Hendrickx to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind meteora 1929's goalkeeper Soulis Vamvakousis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 88 minutes of play, Fauna Utd's Unai Sócrates made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Soulis Vamvakousis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lorenzo Garaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute, Unai Sócrates left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fauna Utd fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. meteora 1929's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.